"God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God." - Matthew 5:9
Once a king of a certain country sent a message to the ruler of a neighbouring country. The message read: "Send me a blue diamond as large as a pigeon's egg or else..."
The king on getting the message wrote back: "We don't have such a diamond and if we had..."
The first king got very angry and declared war on his neighbour. The fighting went on for several months till a third king arranged a meeting between the two warring rulers. So they met and the first king said to the other: "What did you mean when you said, 'Send me a blue diamond as large as a pigeon's egg or else...'?"
"Why," he replied, "I meant send me a blue diamond as large as a pigeon's egg or else.. some other diamond. I love diamonds. But what did you mean when you said, 'We don't have such a diamond and if we had-'?"
"It is easy to guess my meaning," said the other man. "What I wanted to say was, We don't have such a diamond and if we had... we would have gladly sent it to you."
The Kings pledged to communicate more clearly in the future, embraced each other and made peace.
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Moral: When two fighting individuals communicate openly with each other, one on one, they can settle their differences and hence bring peace, love and happiness.
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